Los Angeles daily herald., 1887-07-24
BOARD OF HEALTH.
Street Sprinkling Matters
Discussed at Length.
MAYOR wORKMAN's OFFER.
Resolutions to be offered to
Council Tomorrow
Afternoon.

chair and President Breed, Council
men Lowell and Collins present. The
matter OF placing fire and sprinkling
hydrants ON the corner of Rock and
Fort streets, and at the northeast cor
ner of the Catholic cemetery, and near
the Buena Vista street bridge, came
up, and it was decided to recommend
to the Council that the Superintendent
of Streets put the hydrants in the To-
cations named. The communication
from the Board OF Trade in relation to
the City Councils answer to former
communication about the street sprin-
king was read, as also was the report
Of the Street Superintendent in regard
to the sprinkling of Boyle avenue.
Mayor Workman said that he thought
all the main thoroughfares leading
into the city should be sprinkled. He
thought it very poor policy to allow
visitors who drive about the city to
ret covered with dust. He had pre-
pared the following communication
which he hoped would be adopted:
To the Honorable the Council of The city
of Los 4ngeles.
GENrLEMEN Referring to the COM
munications of the Board of Trade
and the Deputy Superintendent OF
Streets in reference to street sprink-
ling, your Board of Health recognize
the inadequacy of the service, and the
justice of the complaints, and are fully
alive to its importance. In order to
secure better service, a Sprinkling In
spector has been appointed, whose
duty it is to constantly patrol the city
and see that the carts do effective
work. Your Board think it poor pol
icy and very little economy to reduce
the number of sprinkling carts at this
time, as has been done. In fact more
carts are necessary. Our citizens are
complaining in every direction for the
want of sprinkling. Nothing is more
conducive to the health and well
being of our city than street sprink-
ling, and we favor the sprinkling at
least twice day (morning and after
noon) of all the principal leading thus-
eughfares into the city, especially
those streets which have been sprin-
kled heretofore. We therefore recon-
mend that the Board of Health, under
the authority given by the ordinances
VI the city, be instructed to increase
the number of sprinkling of such
main and partly graded thorough
fares leading into the city, as
portions of Figueroa, Main, San
Pedro, Alameda, Boyle and Downey
avenues, DAILY, Buena Vista, Seventh,
Also and Washington streets.
Mayor Workman also read the first
communication sent to the Council
from the Board of Health in relation
to street sprinkling matters.
The contract with the contractor for
street sprinkling was also read.
The resolution of the Mayor was
amended 80 as to read "Your Board
Of Health beg leave to state that the
street sprinkling is done under the SUI
pervision of the Board of Health. The
city on the 9TH day of March, 1887,
entered into a contract with ID. F.
Donegan to do the street sprinkling
for the sum of three dollars and 40
c.nts per cart for 10 hours work. The
sprinkling was not done to the salts
faction of the Board of Health, in con-
sequence of which an inspector was
appointed to see that the work was
done in a more effective manner.
Since which time better work has
been done, but the Board of
Health is aware that the SER
vice is not what it should
he. One of the reasons assigned by
the contractor for not doing better
work is the scarcity of hydrants. The
Board of Health have tried to remedy
This by recommending that more hy-
sir.ants be furnished, but so far the
Water Company has refused to comply
with the request of the Council. The
Board of Health is anxious to have the
streets sprinkled in good and efficient
manner, and are doing all in their
power to have the work so done.
Mr.. Lowell refused to sign the reso-
lutions on the ground that the Council
had resolved once not to sprinkle GER
tain streets. Mayor Workman said, if
the matter was left in his hands he
would zee that the streets were prop
eriy sprinkled.
Mr.. Collins thought this would be
satisfactory, if no more than twenty-five
carts are to be used. 1t was decided
TO cross out the latter part of recon-
mendation relating to the streets, thus
leaving the matter in the hands of the
Board Of Health, and to recommend
that the Chairman of the Board of
Health be authorized to have such
streets sprinkled as may seem neces-
xury.
The matter of pond at the corner of
Second and Hope streets came up, and
1te Mayor reported that the Health
Officer had been instructed to absorb
the water by filling in with dirt.
A complaint concerning the East
Side dairy was read. Referred to the
Health Officer for investigation.
The resolution of the Board as
amended reads follows: To the
Honorable the Council of the City of
Los Angeles. Gentlemen: Referring
to the communications OF the Board
al Trade and the Deputy Superinten-
dent of Streets in reference to street
sprinkiing. your Board OF Health beg
leave to state that the street sprink-
ling is done under the supervision of
mo Board Of Health, The city on the
m day Of March, 1887, entered into
= contract with ID. +. Donnegan
- do the street sprinkling for the sum
II $40 per cart for 10 hours work.
TIE sprinkling was not done to the
rrrf;rfsction of the Board of Health in
sunsequence of which an inspector
was appointei i to see that the work
~as done in more effective manner.
S;noe which time better work has been
sIone but the Board of Health is aware
ei,at the service is not what it should
-. One of the reasons assigned by
11,e contractor for not doing better
-work is the scarcity of hydrants. The
Brnrd Of Health have tried to remedy
eIria bv recommending that more hy-
slr1nfs be furnished but SO far the
vater company has refuse to comply
~ifh the request of the Council. The
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